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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Encouraging Words

One of my favorite Old Testament verses is Zephaniah 3:7 where we read the following:"The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." (NIV)Although these promises were written to the nation of Judah during the reign of King Josiah, the principles apply to believers today and we can take solace in the fact that our Father feels the same way about us.Revel in these facts:He is with us.He is mighty to save.He takes great delight in us. (can you imagine that?)He quiets us with His love.He rejoices over us with singing. (I struggle to get a handle on that. God actually sings with joy because of me? Wow!)What a mighty God we serve! O that we might know Him better and rest in His loving embrace!

1 comment:

thanx for stopping by David ... thought i'd pop over here and see what your blog was all about ... and it looks like we are on the same spiritual wavelength!

i noticed that Greg Laurie's "Breakfast with Jesus" was one of your travelling companions ... Leo and i just finished reading it - excellent book ... we try to cram as much spiritual fodder as we can in our heads because some days can by trying because of Leo's disability ... though we can say that the Lord HAS been faithful ...

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David trusted Jesus Christ as Savior when he was 6 years old. In 1975 God called him to an encouragement ministry to pro athletes through letter-writing, Epistle Sports Ministries. David served with Baseball Chapel as chaplain to the Toronto Blue Jays for 29 seasons. Married to Carol, they have 7 grown children. David's wife Carol founded the Kawartha Komets hockey club for special needs kids and adults. They live in Peterborough, ON. David is an avid reader and book collector. He is a pianist and songwriter and enjoys Southern Gospel music. David also enjoys writing. His favorite preachers are Joseph Stowell & John Piper. Favorites from the past include Alan Redpath, Stephen Olford, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones & J. Sidlow Baxter. David’s life and ministry have been profoundly influenced by the lives of George Muller & J. Hudson Taylor. David presently works with FRIENDS Peterborough offering help, hope and a "hand up" to those who drop in off the street. Be sure to visit his other blogs listed below.

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